Wicking Wars: Putting Seven Popular Vape Cottons To The Test

So What’s The Best Cotton For Vaping?

Wicking is an art form when it comes to rebuildables with each one having its own little quirks.

You need plenty of cotton in some – not so much in others – long legs in another and barely any in the next one.

So does the actual cotton you use make any difference?

BTW this is not a lesson in wicking per se – I’d be here for weeks if it was lol plus I suck at it mostly haha – instead it’s a quick look at the bewildering array of vape cotton out there.

I decided to have a look at this after running out of my go to basic bargain basement Muji and picking up a named brand.

The jump I got in taste was actually quite startling to say the least and for the last few weeks I’ve been testing 7 of the better known vape cotton brands out there.

I chose them from randomly searching Google and of course from hearing what the Vape God reviewers out there used.

For the very basic and totally unscientific absorbency test I filled x7 petri dishes with a 70% VG 30% PG e-liquid – dangled the wicks in and came back after an hour to see which one had wicked the most!

Like I said I ain’t no scientist lol.

Ok all of the cottons were purchased for this review and as always my thoughts and opinions are my own – and BTW this has taken an age to sort out lol.

GK Vapers Muji

I’ve been using these for over a year now – a bag of this is wick for life lol – and as you can see from the wicking test these were by far the fastest to wick in my very basic experiment.

I always peel the top skin off and am still left with a decent cushion of cotton – they’re cheap ‘n cheerful and seem to last an absolute age.

Wicking and Flavour With the RDA and RTA

I’ve always found Muji cotton the easiest to work with so this is perfect for new builders especially as it’s easy to snip to the correct width and length.

Inside the Zeus which has that kink to it I found even dry this one was easy to manipulate without any tearing or breaking – obviously dampened it was a dream to move about.

For use in any RDA you might want to fluff the ends a little – even though it wicks like a dream – and honestly wicking an RDA with this is a cinch.

As To Flavour?

It was moving to a different cotton that made me think differently about wicking and whilst the flavour I’m getting off the Templar and Zeus is OK – as you’ll see later other cottons really do add a few more levels.

Final Verdict

However after testing 7 of the most popular cottons out there I have a clear favourite in Fuzz – despite it not doing that well in my basic absorbency test!

The absorbency test results were a surprise to say the least and in top 3 finish to soak up the most in an hour:

GK Vapers Muji

UD Ko Gen Do Japanese Cotton

Cotton Bacon V2

basic Muji wicked the most!

Right out the back was the Native Wicks Platinum which barely soaked up a 1/5th of its length compared to the x2 Mujis which drank like fish!

Despite those test results overall and from the ease of teasing apart – to the tin – to the flavour and the toughness it shows when moving it into place in the Zeus – I’ve found Fuzz from the Yorkshire Vaper my personal favourite by a long way.

Look there’s a hairs breadth between them if I’m really honest and I was very surprised at the absorbency results.

But hey given I’m no scientist all these capillary action calculations go right over my head!

But I hope in a very basic way I’ve helped you consider other cotton you might not have thought about.

And hey given there’s a ton of brands out there there’s bound to be plenty I’ve missed!

So let me know in comments below what the best vape cotton is for you and why!

I began vaping over 6 years ago and found it easy to give up a 40 per day roll-up habit!
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